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Linda R. Singer, Esq., a nationally-known neutral, has over 30 years of dispute resolution experience as an arbitrator, mediator, civil litigator, and a neutral evaluator. She served as a special master to the U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y., and has been appointed as a mediator by numerous federal and state courts.

Ms. Singer pioneered the development of mediation as a practice, training fellow mediators and lawyers throughout the United States, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. She has conducted hundreds of complex and multi-party cases in the U.S. and abroad involving corporations and partnerships, businesses, and governmental entities.Representative matters include supply contracts, banking, franchising, professional liability, anti-trust, unfair competition, trademark, patents, real estate, bankruptcy, debt restructuring, insurance coverage, reinsurance, fidelity bonds, telecommunications, trade secrets, product liability, partnership dissolutions, and stockholder buyouts.

Ms. Singer serves on the Mid-Atlantic Area Council for mediating disputes in the wholesale electric utility industry, and a panel that mediates disputes involving the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She has designed ADR processes for private companies, court systems, and government agencies.

Representative Mediations

Conducted successful mediations between franchisors and franchisees in the food, retail, employment agency, and hotel industries

Mediated allocation of assets and liabilities on sale of business

Resolved claims of unfair competition and theft of trade secrets among high-tech and pharmaceutical former joint venturers and competitors

Resolved numerous multi-party cases involving the allocation of responsibility among federal, state, and municipal governments; parent companies and subsidiaries; and hundreds of private parties for cleaning up hazardous waste sites throughout the country. Matters involved recovery of past and future costs, site remediation, and technical impractibility.

Resolved post-arbitration dispute over payment of a multi-million dollar liability among French and American manufacturers, insurers, and reinsurers

National Panel of Distinguished Neutrals, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution

Elected as a Neutral Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers

Recognized as a Best Lawyer, Alternative Dispute Resolution Category, Best Lawyers in America, 2009-Present

Member, CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals

Co-author, “Mediating Class Actions,” published by the Federal Judicial Center and the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution in ADR Handbook for Judges

Outstanding Achievement for ADR Education and Training, American College of Civil Trial Mediators

Practical Achievement Award, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution

CPR Book Award, Settling Disputes: Conflict Resolution in Business, Families, and the Legal System

Board member: Consensus Building Institute of the Abramson Foundation

Former board member: JAMS Foundation

Former member or Board Chair: HASNA Foundation; Board of Governors, District of Columbia Bar; D.C. Judicial Nomination Commission

Visiting or adjunct faculty member of Law Schools of Georgetown, Harvard, Stanford, George Washington, University of California at Los Angeles, University of New Mexico, and American Universities; trainer for CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution

Faculty, Harvard's Program of Instruction for Lawyers at the Program on Negotiation, 1987-2012

J.D., with highest honors, George Washington University Law School, 1968

B.A., magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1963

Counsel Comments

“I wish to take this opportunity to recognize and express deepest appreciation for your work in assisting the successful settlement efforts of the parties. You helped hundreds of litigants perform a nearly impossible task and you have served the public interest well.”

“You kept everyone at the table and the ball in the air in circumstances that were highly volatile. Few mediators would have been up to the task.”

- Senior Official, Federal Agency

“Please let me once again thank you for all of your hard and successful work in bringing about a resolution. You were savvy at all times and tough when you needed to be. It is my sincere belief that very few other mediators, if any, could have settled this difficult environmental dispute.”

- New York-based Partner, Top 100 National Law Firm

“Everyone on our side of the case was greatly impressed with your work, and realizes that we could not have gotten this case settled without your help.”

- Partner, Connecticut Law Firm

“Linda Singer was the best arbitrator that I have appeared before. She had an excellent grasp of all relevant legal issues and quickly assimilated a myriad of documents and facts. Throughout the process she treated counsel and the witnesses with her friendly demeanor that put everyone at ease.”

- Partner, DC Law Firm

“I wanted to thank you, on behalf of my client and myself, for your superb assistance in reaching settlement. I have no doubt at all that, but for your involvement, it wouldn’t have happened. You’ve saved everyone considerable grief and expense.”

- Name Partner, DC Law Firm

“Thank you for your assistance in facilitating the parties’ agreement. Frankly, I don’t know how you did it.”

- Partner, New Jersey Law Firm

“We were able to reach a mutually agreeable settlement based upon your tremendous and tireless efforts during our day long mediation session in Chicago.”

- Partner, Top 100 National Law Firm

“We would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation for the excellent efforts of Linda Singer, whose expertise greatly facilitated the conclusion of extremely complex negotiations between the parties.”

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